Based on quite a few sources, Newcastle have rejected Liverpool’s preliminary official bid for Alexander Isak.
The 25-year-old striker has been a goal for the Premier League champions for some time now, and it’s believed Anfield is his vacation spot of selection. He has rejected Newcastle’s supply of a brand new contract with improved phrases and made his want to depart St. James’s Park clear.
Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes is claimed to have knowledgeable Newcastle that the Merseysiders could be keen to go as much as £120million for Isak, however the Magpies have been standing agency on their stance that the Sweden worldwide shouldn’t be on the market all through this saga. Nonetheless, it is usually believed that they worth Isak at £150million, and that they’d settle for such a proposal.
Completely different tales are circulating as to what occurs subsequent. Some imagine a deal is extra prone to occur than not, with Liverpool set to return with a second bid quickly, however others say the Reds received’t be making that second bid – they’ve positioned their supply on the desk and are protecting it there, but it surely’s a proposal of a “take it or depart it” sort.
Additionally, there have been claims that Newcastle have knowledgeable Isak he wouldn’t be leaving until they handle to safe an appropriate substitute. To that finish, they’ve been linked with a number of names: Benjamin Sesko, Ollie Watkins, Jorgen Strand Larsen, and others.
